Tooling, Jigs & Fixtures

Thermwood 3D prints and delivers 12-foot-long tool for Boeing

Boeing and Thermwood Corporation have teamed up to develop a large, single-piece tool for the aerospace giant’s 777X program by harnessing 3D printing technology.

By TCT Team

/ 11 Oct 2018

Thermwood boeing tool 3D printed tool manufactured by Thermwood and delivered to Boeing. - Thermwood

GKN Aerospace additively manufactures production line tools in hours with Stratasys FDM technology

GKN Aerospace has reported improved production times and the removal of design constraints after harnessing the Stratasys F900 FDM machine to produce production line tools.

By TCT Team

/ 5 Sep 2018

GKN Aerospace tooling Stratasys 3D printed tooling produced on the Stratasys F900 Production 3D Printer. - Matthew Doyle

New Hudson Façades uses Rize 3D printing to save $50,per quarter with custom fixtures

Architectural façade company, New Hudson Façades (NHF) is using Rize's Rize One 3D printer to produce a range of custom fixtures.

By TCT Team

/ 14 Aug 2018

Rize One 3D printer is at work 24/7 at NHF.

The Fixture List - Why 3D printing jigs and fixtures "makes perfect sense"

Assistant Editor, Sam Davies runs the rule over new approaches to the additive manufacturing of jigs and fixtures.

By Sam Davies

/ 20 Jul 2018

HP jigs and fixtures Assembly fixture developed on HP's Multi Jet Fusion Platform.

Bigger and better: Ultimaker’s John Kawola on the S5, materials and applications

Editorial Assistant, Sam Davies speaks to John Kawola, Ultimaker North America President, on the release of the S5, an array of materials partnerships and its machines being applied in the real world.

By Sam Davies

/ 5 Jun 2018

Ultimaker S5 Ultimaker S5 - YouTube/ Ultimaker

Jabil reveals successful adoption of Ultimaker 3D printing technology for tooling, jigs and fixtures

Jabil has reported significant cost and time savings after using Ultimaker desktop machines to manufacture tooling, jigs and fixtures in-house.

By TCT Team

/ 4 Apr 2018

Jabil Ultimaker jigs and fixtures A tool being built on an Ultimaker machine. - Jabil

Eckhart installs Stratasys 3D printing equipment for factory tool manufacturing

Stratasys has entered an exclusive three-year collaboration with Eckhart, Inc. which will see it supply the company with 3D printing technology for the manufacture of factory tooling.

By TCT Team

/ 13 Mar 2018

SYS Systems TCT Show stratasys_f370 Eckhart has installed a F370 machine as it looks to change how it manufactures factory tools.

Bosch makes global investment in Ultimaker 3 Extended 3D printing systems

Bosch, the German engineering and electronics company, has made a global investment in Ultimaker 3 Extended printing machines.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Feb 2018

Moog Aircraft Group harnesses 3D printing to manufacture CMM fixtures

Moog Aircraft Group, and aerospace and defence manufacturer, has harnessed fused deposition modelling (FDM) technology to produce co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) fixtures.

By TCT Team

/ 22 Jan 2018

Moog Aircraft cmm fixtures Moog Aircraft Group’s bespoke CMM fixtures, created by the Stratasys Fortus 380 3D printer supplied by SYS Systems.

French aerospace manufacturer harnesses Stratasys FDM technology to enhance rapid prototyping and production tooling workflows

Latécoère has reported an improved business performance after the installation of a Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D Printer.

By TCT Team

/ 19 Jan 2018

Stratasys Latecoere protoype boitier camera 3D printed camera case prototype for the Airbus A380, produced on Stratasys’ Fortus 450mc Production 3D Printer in ULTEM 9085 material.

New Heights - Disrupting the composite tooling supply chain

Tim Schniepp, Senior Director of Composite Solutions at Stratasys discusses applying additive technology to composite tooling

By TCT Team

/ 18 Dec 2017

Wing pieces from Aurora Flight Sciences aircraft

Driving AM innovation with 3D Systems and Renault Sport Formula One

Pat Warner, Renault Sport F1’s Digital Manufacturing Manager, tells TCT how his team use 3D Printing for casting, jigs & fixtures.

By Sam Davies

/ 1 Nov 2017